Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Four ways to help people with disabilities get work
ROB MOORE – Ohio Capital Journal A bill currently in the Ohio General Assembly would eliminate the subminimum wage for people with disabilities. Currently, companies in Ohio are allowed to apply for a waiver from the state minimum wage to hire people with disabilities. The goal of this program is to make it easier for companies to…
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Climate, pandemic conspire against hungry Ohioans
BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal In addition to overseas wars and continuing supply-chain disruptions, diseases and climate-driven storms are making it hard to feed the hungriest Ohioans, Ohio’s top food bank official said Friday. And that’s even as continuing inflation is creating ever more of them, she said. “We’re just not seeing a return to normal…
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In early morning vote, Ohio House agrees to send voter ID restrictions to the governor
The legislation, which initially eliminated most August special elections, became a vehicle for broader election restrictions included photo ID requirements BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal After a protracted day at the Ohio Statehouse, lawmakers approved sweeping new voting restrictions including photo ID requirements early Thursday morning. That proposal now heads to the governor. The House gaveled…
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Ohio education overhaul falls short
Education, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioBY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio House did not agree to Senate amendments to a bill banning trans athletes from participating in youth sports based on their gender identity, leaving behind more than a thousand pages of state education overhauls loaded in at the last minute. House Bill 151, with language from Senate Bill 178…
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Ohio Senate passes education overhaul
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Senate passed an overhaul of the state Department of Education and Board of Education on Wednesday with heavy criticism for what bill supporters say has been years of dysfunction. The measure passed 22-7, and now moves on for House consideration. Senate President Matt Huffman came down from the dais…
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Ohio Senate bill passed with provisions for fertility fraud
BY: CHANTAL BROWN – Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans may soon get protections from fertility fraud after an extensive criminal justice reform bill was passed by the Senate last Wednesday. A 27-2 bipartisan vote sent the bill to the House where lawmakers will further scrutinize it before being sent to Gov. Mike DeWine for final approval. The bill…
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Minimum wage increase brought to Ohio House committee
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal A new push for a $15 minimum wage was introduced in the Ohio House, attempting to speed up the progress of a constitutional amendment passed nearly two decades ago. Democratic state Reps. Dontavius Jarrells and Brigid Kelly said their new bill not only addresses criticisms of quick implementation of a minimum…
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In 1912, Ohio voters asserted their democratic authority. Now Ohio Republicans want to rip it away
Secretary of State Frank LaRose (speaking) alongside Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Ashville, introducing a constitutional amendment requiring a 60% supermajority for all future citizen-led ballot amendments. (Photo by Nick Evans, OCJ.) Comentary by DAVID DEWITT Ohio Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Rep. Brian Stewart have launched a frontal assault on voters’ ability to…
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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination bill with bipartisan support introduced again in Ohio House committee
A LGBTQ+ rights demonstration. Photo by Susan J. Demas, Michigan Advance, States Newsroom. BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal State Rep. Michael Skindell, D-Lakewood, set off Tuesday on his 20th year leading the charge to provide anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Ohioans. With the introduction of HB 208 in the Ohio House Commerce & Labor Committee, Skindell and…
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Legislative effort to support pregnancy doulas has bipartisan support
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Maternal and infant health advocates and certified doulas alike expressed their support Monday for a bill currently awaiting consideration by the Ohio Senate to bring doula services into the state’s Medicaid program. Participants in a meeting of the Ohio Legislative Children’s Caucus met with organizations employing and promoting the use of…
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